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Still use a Giraud flame annealer here. My cases get annealed after each firing. Whatta Hobby!

Thanks guys. It is a work in progress for a old Marine.

Sure feel nice to be getting some feeling back in my hands and getting out on the range after some time. 100 yd entry for today is a 3-7 shot off a front rest with rear bag. Savage 110 with 26" X-Caliber Heavy SS barrel in an ORYX chassis with a March Majesta scope and OSS suppressor. Ammo is handloaded Lapua lr primed brass with Berger 115 gn fb bullets pushed with 46 gn of Varget to 2940 fps. Second target with a 2-8 just for the halibut. Whatta Hobby!

So far it does not seem to.

Before anyone asks, Brass never hits the dirt and I can't see where tumbling would be a benefit early on. Just a choice with these batches. I do normally tumble and anneal for each loading but these are test batchs I am doing a couple of things on. Also have batches of new Alpha , Peterson and Starline in the test for the halibut. Looking, for myself, just to see if carbon in the case makes any difference in any of the monitored data. Lots of time on my hands in retardedment and enjoy answering some of the questions that have entered my small mind over the years. Whatta Hobby!

Doing some brass prep today myself. No tumbling being done until after 5 or 10 loadings. Brass .308 200 cases is Lapua that was neck turned for truing only then fire formed to the chamber. Today annealing, sizing neck and should bump to .001 and then trimming, setting neck tension with mandrel, primer pockets K&B uniformed. I do enjoy this stuff on a rainy day. When this is all set I will be loading 115gn Berger flat base target bullets over 46 gn of Varget set off with 205M primers. This is my sub 1/4 moa ammo. Has been running at 3025 fps out of a 26" X-Caliber SS 1-10 bull barrel. Whatta Hobby!

Had a chance to shoot with the March scope. Love it so far. Sure can see well for my purposes. Whatta Hobby!

No gold mine, just worked for 65 years and put money in retirement accounts for all of that time. Wanted to be prepared to enjoy life to it's fullest. Review will be along if the weather every decides to agree. Whatta Hobbyh!

Clymer gauges are calibrated very close so you should be good to go. The resistance on the No/Go indicates you are in the right area. Whatta Hobby!

Bought my first March scope recently, the Majesta. Me thinks it will fill a spot in my gear very nicely. At 80x, I hear you can easily see 22 cal holes on paper at 600 yds. Whatta Hobby!

Still messing with this rifle. Set a Leupold MK4 M1-16x on a Basset mount using Leupold QRW rings. Stuck a TAC-PRO cheek riser on the butt. Really looking forward to some agreeing weather to run her through her function and accuracy tests. Whatta Hobby!

Was watching a recent video on UR and decided to try some of this Berger ammo for one of my 1/4" 10 dot challenge projects. Supposed to be the most accurate available. Anyone else vouch for that? Whatta Hobby!

Here we go. Added as new USGI bolt , op rod, Trigger group and other small parts. Fits nicely on my last T44 stock. Whatta Hobby!

I have heard that for the last 60 years from my wife. Whatta Hobby!

I originally put this M-14 JRA group buy receiver together with mixed parts laying around the shop. Now it's time to make things a bit different. Had a Bula suppressor ready 16.5 in barrel and a Winchester bolt installed. Since then I have decided to use one of the Saturn/Liberty SS heavy 22" barrels off the shelf along with one of my USGI SA kits. Cold weather is good for something. Started taking it apart this morning. Whatta Hobby!

All .308 srp cases trimmed, neck trued to .014 and neck tension set to .002 loaded with 110 gn Sierra varminters over 46 gn of Varget using 205M primers. These will be tested using 1/4" 10 dot challenge targets through a Savage 110 with X-Caliber 26" 1-10 bull barrel in ORYX chassis and Jard trigger. Topped off with Leupold MK5 HD 7-35x56. Intention is to shoot 20 rnds of each and alternate between brass over a period of time . Should be a hoot and answer a few questions in the back of my mind just for the halibut. Whatta Hobby! 100 each. 1. Alpha 2. Lapua 3. Peterson 4. Starline

Installed a new Shilen 26" .223 Rem Bull SS ratchet rifled today. Set the headspace to close tightly on a quality .223 go gauge. Whatta Hobby!

500 Peterson srp .308 cases showed up at the PO this morning. Looks good so far. Will be prepping a 100 rnd range box and get it in line for testing as soon as possible. Whatta Hobby!

Above rifle is currently in .223 Rem.

My wife Linda bought this rifle as a birthday present for me about 30 years ago and it has been great. Originally came in a Choate chassis and had an 8.5 - 25 Leupold Mk4 on top of a heavy fluted 26" 1-9 barrel. Added Jard trigger somewhere along the way. Now sits in an MDT LSS-XL chassis and sports a Night Force 15-55x52 Competition scope. Having a ball getting ready for the upcoming shooting season. Barrel was cleaned down to bare metal and has had an HBN coating applied. This rifle has loved Berger 73 gn bullets over 24 gn of Varget in Lapua brass. Whatta Hobby!

100 cnt box of Alpha .308 srp brass arrived today. Will be adding it to my testing group for the halibut. Whatta Hobby!

One of my favorites. Whatta Hobby!

Finishing up loading the new fully prepped Startine 100 cases this morning. Dang I love this part of the operation. Whatta Hobby!

For those of you that do precision loading, what brass have you found to work the best? In the process here of running a test with 3 different mfg of brass. Prepping 100 cases each .308 Palma srp brass Alpha, Lapua and Starline. Trimming to 2.0, running mandrel to set neck tension to .002, uniforming primer pockets , de-burring flash holes and turning necks all to .0145. The intention is to keep careful records of how each of these perform during initial firing and again after fire forming, annealing and re-loading. All cases will be loaded with HBN treated 110 gn Sierra hp varminters with OAL set to 2.650 over 46 gn of Varget set off with 205M primers which should provide a speed of approximately 3050 fps. Love this sort of Winter project to keep what's left of the mind occupied. Whatta Hobby!

Have been switching back a forth between the XL and the standard Co-ax. I think I like the standard better. The XL is much heavier duty than I need for most of my loading. It is nice to have it's capacity sitting in the dugout just in case. Whatta Hobby!